Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.
H.J. Res. 48 proposes a constitutional amendment stating that rights protected by the U.S. Constitution apply only to human beings ("natural persons"), not to corporations or other artificial entities. This would remove constitutional protections for corporations, allowing governments to regulate them without constitutional constraints. The amendment also includes campaign finance provisions requiring public disclosure of contributions and expenditures, and specifies that spending money to influence elections is not protected speech under the First Amendment. It explicitly preserves the freedom of the press as a constitutional right.
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Introduced Mar 30, 2023
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